Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district have detained a notorious drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act. The accused, Mehraj Din, has a long criminal history with multiple cases registered against him.
Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district have detained a notorious drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act. The accused, Mehraj Din, has a long criminal history with multiple cases registered against him.
Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked 12 narco kingpins under the NDPS Act in Anantnag district, as part of a sustained crackdown against drug abuse and trafficking.
Gujarat police have detained five individuals under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act, as part of the state government's zero-tolerance policy towards narcotics-related crimes.
Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district detained two alleged drug peddlers under the PITNDPS Act and lodged them in Central Jail Kot Bhalwal.
Latur police destroyed seized narcotics worth 1.18 crore, including ganja, opium, and mephedrone, in a controlled incineration process.
Udhampur Police have attached an immovable property worth Rs 40 lakh belonging to an alleged drug peddler, Rafiq Ahmed, in the Sainik Colony area of Jammu district.
Police in Reasi district detained a drug peddler under the PIT-NDPS Act and destroyed an illegally cultivated opium poppy crop in separate anti-narcotics operations.
Police in Anantnag district attached properties worth over Rs 6.5 crore, allegedly acquired through illicit drug trafficking, marking the single largest attachment under the NDPS Act in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two alleged drug traffickers were arrested in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and 504 grams of illegal smack worth around 1 crore was recovered from their possession.
A special court in Mumbai has ordered the defreezing of the bank accounts of actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother, who were accused in a drugs case, citing the NCB's failure to follow procedural requirements under the NDPS Act.
Customs officials at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport seized over 24 kg of suspected marijuana, valued at over Rs 24 crore, in three separate cases involving passengers arriving from Bangkok.
Three passengers arriving from Bangkok at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport were arrested for possessing hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 4.53 crore. The arrests were made under the NDPS Act, and further investigation is underway.
A Delhi court acquitted a man accused of possessing 5.3 kg of ganja, citing serious lapses in the investigation and non-compliance with mandatory provisions under the NDPS Act.
Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport seized 5.78 kg of hydroponic ganja, valued at 2.02 crore, from a passenger arriving from Bangkok. In a separate incident, officials intercepted four female passengers from Bangkok and seized 11.72 kg of hydroponic ganja, valued at 4.10 crore.
A large number of charas packets, estimated to be worth crores of rupees, have been recovered in Gujarat's Kutch and Devbhumi Dwarka districts, according to police reports.
Customs officials at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport seized suspected hydroponic weed (ganja) valued around Rs 34.93 crore from two passengers arriving from Bangkok. The passengers were arrested under the NDPS Act.
A passenger arriving from Bangkok was apprehended at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport with hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 3.89 crore.
Customs officers at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport have arrested two Indian passengers for allegedly smuggling suspected marijuana worth nearly Rs 9 crore from Vietnam.
Rajasthan Police have frozen a house in Nagaur district worth over Rs 1 crore, allegedly built using proceeds from drug trafficking, officials said.
Two men from Gujarat have been arrested in Goa for allegedly possessing charas worth Rs 2 lakh.
Police in Srinagar have attached immovable properties worth over Rs 2 crore belonging to alleged drug peddlers as part of the 'Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan'. The attached properties include residential houses in Chanapora and Qamarwari, acquired through proceeds from drug trafficking.
Four passengers arriving from Bangkok at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport were arrested for smuggling hydroponic ganja worth over Rs 21.5 crore.
Himachal Pradesh Police detained 19 habitual drug traffickers under the PIT-NDPS Act as part of an intensified crackdown on narcotics trade, particularly involving chitta (smack) and heroin.
Police in Thane, Maharashtra, have arrested three individuals and seized ganja worth Rs 21.4 lakh from their possession. The arrests were made during patrolling near a dumping ground in Kalyan after the suspects were found behaving suspiciously.
A special court in Ahmedabad sentenced a man to 15 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh for drug trafficking. Sajid Miya Malek was arrested for smuggling mephedrone from Mumbai to Ahmedabad in 2022.
Delhi Police have arrested Akash, an alleged gangster from Haryana's Faridabad, who was wanted in multiple cases including murder and drug offences.
Jammu and Kashmir police arrested six people and recovered contraband substances and over Rs 23 lakh in Doda and Kathua districts. Properties worth over Rs 73 lakh linked to drug peddlers were also attached in Udhampur district.
Police in Palghar, Maharashtra, have arrested two individuals and detained a juvenile after seizing brown sugar worth over Rs 44 lakh. The raid, prompted by a tip-off, uncovered drugs, cash, and packing materials in Saphala.
The special court has stayed the order till August 25 to allow Karishma Prakash to approach the Bombay High Court.
Police in Rajasthan's Jhalawar have frozen assets worth more than Rs 2.5 crore belonging to an alleged drug trafficker under provisions of the NDPS Act.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized crystal methamphetamine worth approximately Rs 1.58 crore from a passenger at Calicut International Airport and arrested him under the NDPS Act.
A 25-year-old woman, allegedly a key drug trafficker in Delhi, has been detained under the PIT-NDPS Act and will be moved to a Chennai prison to disrupt her network.
A court in Jhansi has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh for possessing charas in a 2008 case.
Jammu and Kashmir Police attached properties worth over Rs 1.46 crore and froze bank accounts of four alleged drug peddlers in Samba district under the NDPS Act.
A special court in Mumbai granted bail to an organiser of a techno concert where two MBA students died due to a suspected drug overdose. While organiser Akash Samal was granted bail, three other accused were denied relief. The concert, held at the NESCO Exhibition Centre, saw attendees allegedly consuming MDMA pills, leading to hospitalisations and fatalities.
A passenger arriving from Bangkok at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru was arrested for possessing hydroponic ganja worth Rs 87.5 lakh. The arrest was made under the NDPS Act, and further investigation is underway.
Bangladeshi nationals topped the list of foreign nationals arrested in India in 2024, according to the latest NCRB data, followed by Nigerians and Nepalis. West Bengal recorded the highest number of crimes committed by foreigners among states, while Delhi topped union territories.
Himachal Pradesh Police's Anti-Chitta team arrested three individuals in Una district after recovering over a kilogram of adulterated heroin from their possession.
Police in Jammu have seized heroin and a large sum of cash during a raid on suspected drug dealers in the R S Pura border area.
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